I just wanna post and read my frens notes
The B58 seems to be a solid platform tho it's too early to tell whether it'll ascend to the same lore status as the 2JZ. Yeah I've definitely seen a bunch of sub-10s streetable Mk4s in the mid-2000s when I was in the NY scene. They're bananas.
Not enough bitcoiner car people lol.
Is this your AP2?
Got a few runs in this morning with a Supra and Si.
Met some cool people out at LCR but decided to bail early since someone ate it on a turn and brought too much heat.
Forgot how much I liked hanging with car ppl.
Just go to whole foods
There are actually no reserve requirements as of 2020 so it's much worse than you stated
I ordered a folding phone because of pocket issues. Impairs mobility and the barrel of my ccw hits it
It's horizonal enforcement vs top-down. Social pressures that mainly involve ostracization from peer groups. Happens in bitcoin too with ppl I call Orange NPCs
Test
Oh yeah that's my bad lol
Lol it's the floating button at the bottom right of apps that usually let you perform an action, in this case it's to compose a new note
New nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg Android update just dropped and is using Google's Material Design v3 buttons instead of straight up porting 1:1 from the iOS version š
Lol I think when I'm done with the suspension setup it won't be great for sliding around, especially with 200tw tires. It's really tail happy right now on these Michelin PS4s tho
A photographer got rolling shots of me and my 86 on Sunday
I am no longer part of Strike.
After 4+ years, the time has come to move on and contribute to Bitcoin in a different way.
My thanks goes out to all of you here who came from #Bitcoin Twitter! Support Strike and me have received from you over the years was instrumental in our success!
Twitter also helped me and nostr:npub1dmcd5wqd3yku05svp6xqk5gyywek4cgg0w3dk63tcu0rmjxnanns5xutjm connect and develop our relationship.
He followed the success of nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg, and over the years we began talking on coding, FOSS, teams, life...
Then in June 2019 Jack texted me and asked to help him take ln_zap to the next level:
> Unc, I'm looking to turn Zap into a startup and begin selling BTC over Lightning directly inside the wallet
Having a pre-seed startup for your full time job is always tough.
I considered doing it mainly because I wanted to see how Jack will grow as a person and entrepreneur. Like many in the Bitcoin community, I believed in him... and wanted to help him with my skills and experience.
Zap also already had a team of amazing FOSS contributors that I appreciated and wanted to know better.
Opportunity to work with Otto, Ole, mrfelton, Dylan, Korhal, Raph and Namson is what pushed me over the top and sealed commitment.
What followed was hardcore coding of backend that would provide additional APIs and run features Jack had in mind for Zap wallets on iOS, Android and Desktop.
By September we had the first version out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj9IMNAswSM
By the end of 2019 we have completely abstracted away the ability to pay lightning invoices.
This is when decision was made to go with completely new app, providing clean experience, focused on ease of lightning payments and UX.
Strike was born: https://jimmymow.medium.com/announcing-strike-by-zap-4f578c7c8984
6 months later, it was time to go with public... Strike BETA was released to everyone that wanted to download it.
https://jimmymow.medium.com/announcing-strike-public-beta-325877a79f87
Looking back, I couldn't be more proud on all the coding I've done on Strike.
Credit where credit is due - big part of that was mrfelton. Otto, Raph and Korhal as well.
Support these guys provided was critical for my coding commits streak of 2019, 2020 & 2021.
And not just them. I was lucky to be able to bring in more amazing engineers into Strike.
Kataklinger, Frank and Giancarlo who I hired for backend delivered big; so it was asked of me to help do the same across Engineering... and eventually whole company.
Thus in 2021 and 2022 I did more of what VP of Engineering traditionally does. There was still sporadic day to day coding, but I was focused on recruiting needed talent, structuring teams and setting up others for success.
In the end I've helped interview and hire over 80 people.
I'm especially proud of realization that I would repeat every single technical hire we've made.
To all that joined Strike over the years - thank you for the work you've done. It was privilege working together with you.
Finally, my focus in the last year was on ensuring that culture of Bitcoin is strong within Strike... and that Strike gives back to Bitcoin for the immense support it has received over the years.
In the process we started numerous partnerships and executed on several grants.
We were glad to give to organizations
https://twitter.com/unchainedcom/status/1636777955727753230
To individual contributors
https://twitter.com/Strike/status/1595185069538349056
To projects
https://twitter.com/jackmallers/status/1529204176101724161
And all that are working tirelessly every day to push Bitcoin forward.
We have also supported conferences like TabConf, AfroBitcoinOrg, TheBitcoinConf and meetups like ChiBitDevs.
In the end - I wish Strike all the best. It turned into the app that served as entry point into Bitcoin for many... and I hope it will get to do that for many more, across the globe!
Eager to see what you're cooking up next. Love you sir
Bitcoiners give endless excuses for using Wallet of Satoshi so I think we need to start at home first
Just found a site that identifies and grades twisty roads using openstreetmap data. Talk about niche
It's for sale! $14k
There was also a RHD Integra and I saw an R32 driving the other way as I was heading home.
